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20 Cards in this Set
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affable
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couteous/pleasant, genial, cordial
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affrandize
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increase in greatness, augment, amplify
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amorphous
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shapeless, formless
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aura
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that which surrounds, ambience, atmoshpere
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contraband
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illegal traffic,, illicit, bootleg,
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erudite
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sholarly, learned, bookish, educated
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gossamer
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thin, light, delicate, filmy, gauzy
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infer
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find out by reasoning, gather, deduce, guess
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inscrutable
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incapable of being understood, impenetrable, enigmatic
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insular
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relating to, narrow minded, provincial
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irrevocable
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incapable of being changed or called back, irreversible
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propensity
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natural inclication, predilection towards, penchant
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querulous
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peevish, complainging, fretful
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remonstrate
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argue/plead with, protest, expostulate
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repudiate
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disown, reject,
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resilient
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springy, elastic, buoyant, bouncy
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reverberate
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re-echo, rumble thunder, boom
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scurrilous
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coarsely abusive, vulgar, low, obscene, filthy
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sedulous
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persistent, assiduous, tireless,
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sleazy
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thin, flimsy in texture, inferior, tatty
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